The National tribune., 1887-01-06
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies 10 Questions on Variety OF Interesting
Sahleets.


sl2 per month? ANSWER. Yes.
b. H. ~, Ashland, " H-An application for In |
crease Of pension Is rejected Aug 90 and supple
1856 will the Pension Office consider an application
for increase six months from Aug. %. or must /
wait SIX months from Nov. 2Of AnSUsr. six /
months from November
j. w. NJ The Dulles Ors-I A man files a pre-
emption claim, he being the owner Of n homestead /
the fling Is declared Illegal Ifhe reinqushes mis-
right TO said land for sum of money, does he lose
his presumption right? 2 Can he under existing |
laws hle ON other lands? Anss0er. 1. Yes 2 No.
j. p. r., Tracy, Pa--GsHeraL disability Is not a
recognized disability. The term Is too vague and
indefinite
A Subscriber writes us that the pension laws
should be amended so that widow or mother who [
remarries should not forfeit her pension. We
doubt very much whether such a bill would ever /
become q law.
j. w. L.. Carlisle, Lad.-Twelve-eighteenth means I
81 Second grade means $50. The Commissioner |
OF Pensions will issue new certificate in accord
anee with the decision Of the Medical Referee, in |
case of rerating.
s. r., Brodhead, Wis.-If a soldiers widow has
erected a headstone over his grave, can she be- |
reimbursed for the expense thereof Ausper No. |
H. q. C., Monroe, VISA soldier who is drawing |
pension dies Of disability not contracted in serv-
Ice or IS accidentally killed; is the widow entitled
to pension? ARsUsr. No, the widow is not emit
z. ~ B., stranriHe. Ms-If a dependent father
VINO Is drawing pension remarries does that de-
priye him of pension, as IL would widow or
s. E. f.. French Lick Ind-Applications for land
warrants should be made TO the Commissioner OF
Pensions. No person IS entitled to land warrant
unless he served I'm a war prior to March 3, 1850.
No land warrants have ever been issued for service
since that date.
j. r., Prouineetopn. Mass.-I At a mastering in
of a recruit has the Commander o right to fill the
Vice Commanders chair with a comrade. when
there Is q Past Commander PRESENT. 2. A eomrade
who has been n Department. officer transfers TO a
Post of another Department; is he entitled TO wear
the red ribbon on his badge? ARSt0er. l. The Jun
- dlscretiOual with the Post Commander to fill the
chairs; but good taste generally governs the seec
ton of the oldest Past Commander, Senior or
Junior Vice. Yes; but with the proper arrange
ment OF the eagle over IL, which designates past
rank He is not entitled to any rights in the net1
Department Encampment. The honor he is enti-
WBs, T. d., Nsw Wiadsor, Kan-Did Congress
ever pass q law taking s33I3 from those who
served three years? Ansger No; but the act of
July, 1854 under which you enlisted provided one
third bounty at enlistment, one-third at the expi-
ration Of one-half the term Of service, and the
remaining one-third at the expiration of the full
term. IL you enlisted for year and did not
serve that time, you cannot recover the third in
stalIment OF bounty, because it never became due.
Cause OF discharge does not affect the question,
unless you were discharged for tUounds II you
actually served L months you are entitled to the
third instalment not otherwise.
w. 4. s., Masculine, Lot0d-A First Lieutenant is
drawing full pensiol SD according his rank.
At his death will his widow draw the same amount
or sl2 per month? Aas,UeT. The widow will draw
sI per month. because that is total for First Lieu
tenant. Providing. of course. that the cause of
death OF the pensloner was due to his military serv-
ice, etc.
W. II. C-If the records of the War Department
show that you were u Sergeant at the time your
disability was contracted, the Commissioner of
Pensions will probably make reissue of eertif-
cate upon properapplieatOn. so that your rank may
be correctly stated As before remarked. pensions
are rated according to rank actually held by the
soldier at the time his disability originated.
III b. g., Disco, Ind--A widow files a claim for
land, and before completing said claim. dies. Can
her heirs, who have claims in their right COM
plete her claim? AHsIser. Her heirs may complete
the claim Notwithstanding they have houlsteads in
a. r.. Keiso Ne6-If the required number Of trees
were planted on the land when you made your
entry. 1t viii be sufficient L you properly cultivate
and care for the same for the period of eight years
j. NJ AcC, BEcyrUS, GA widow made appIica-
ton for pension for herself and two children in 1884
which was allowed only from date OF application.
Does not the law provide pension for children from
date OF fathers death until they became I6 years of
age? AHStUer. In this case the widow cannot draw
for period prior to the date she fled her claim.
because the limitation of arrears expired June 80,
lss0. II she had died her clam prior July l. 1880
she would have drawn pension for herself and
present laws she can only draw from date of fling
ciain- The Limitation of arrears act does not apply
To children W no apply Ia their right. Children
cannot apply IN their own right until after the death
of their mother
j. L., LGfsrty GA soldier enlisted in 1851 and
died IN the service the following year his father
more? ARsuer. No; because claims for additional
bounty are barred since June 3D. lSo0.
C. C. E, Bulls Cup, Tsaa-When q soldier Is
killed In service, leaving neither wife, mother or
father, can his brothers and sisters draw his pen
sion? 4HSlrsr. Only dependent orphan brothers
and sisters under 10 years of age entitled to
pension
TT. d.. Licking. MOI Can United States Mar
shal arrest q man and take him a hundred miles
away from home, making him pay all expenses?
2. Can widow who despitefuIy used her husband
draw pension. her husband having died of disease
contracted in theservee? soldier files claim for
increase new disability how long after examine
ton before his claim should be aIlowed2 a What
amount OF pension Is allowed for total disability
from chronic diarrhea, etc.? 4aSI0eT. l. We presume
so. z Yes; If she was hrs legal widow such miscon-
duct would not Affect her title to pension. g. We
cannot say. L. 10 depends upon the report of the
Examining Surgeon, which we cannot anticipate.
4. j. c., DsddTO0d, OTe.-ToOk up so acres of
land prior to June g. 1874 but failed 10 prove up ON
said claim. Am entitled to an additional! so acres?
AnsUeT- Yes but you will have To reside upon the
land the same as If you had not made a previous
entry.
j. H. r.. TruutbuU Corners, " Us there anv
way by which old army nurse can obtain men,
sion? AHsUer. She Is not entitled under the present
laws. and there is means for her relief through
the Pension Office. Her only recourse is u special
act of Congress-
j. d., Sidney Ye6.-I. Credit will be allowed for
time actually served in the army during the war
of the rebellion, whether such fact asserted at
time OF making homestead entry or not. 2 A man
must comply with the requirements of the law in
regard to homestead entries; III he docs not tba
entry - subject 10 contest. In the mentioned
by you where the settler makes no effort to build or
cultivate the SOIL It Is not in compliance with the
law. and the claim may at any time, stated above
be subject to contest.
r. g., Ion, IalOa.-I. Are there employees in CON-
neetiOn with the Pension Department known as
Special ExamIners"2 =. Do they examine all
pension cases. 3. What il the nature of the cases
they examiner l. A soldier produces all the evi-
dence required IN pension claim how long before
it should be allowed? 5. III there is more evidence
required viii the claimant be advised by the PEN
sion Office to that etfeetf 4HslVey. l. Yes 2 No.
only such cases they directed to examine by,
the Commissioners OF Tensions. 3 AL cases that
considered insufiicently proven and vet canned
be rejected they stand; all cases that are sus-
pciouS in their nature and where there Is apparen
evidence of fraud 4. We cannot say; no two eases
are alike; each ease Is governed by the peculiar
/ circumstances surrounding il. s. YES
o. A. r., Euclid, ". K.-Can a man legally hold
one-half pension for looking up the evidence for
the applicant, If he has contract for same? Ans,rer
No; he Is liable to nne or imprisonment, or BOTH
/ for accepting more than the legal fee.
W.. ~. c., OrTSburCh, MO.-Yes; arrears mean
/ from date of discharge.
| HH H., North Palmer, ~ FL am drawing pen-
sion for disease OF eyes am entitled to Eyeglasses
| from the Government? 4nsWsr No.
| q. W. g., Oakland. Md.-WOuId a soldier of the
| Mexican who received an honorable discharge
loo acre land warrant and three months extra paw
receive service pension should the bill BECOME "a
law? AnsWer. Yes, if the pending bill is not
| amended so to exclude him.
| j. w. B. Elnsl0oOd. Neb.-If a man who has taken
n claim under the timber culture act dies before
/ fulfilling the requirements of the law wouId the
claim psyert his heirs if they already had claims
/ under the same act? To whom would che. decd he
/ madeP AnsWer His heirs or legal REPRESENTATIVES,
| j. T., NsV Douey, Oh. From what period does
/ pension on new disability commence? 2 How
/ long does it take to decide appealed eainnP An
slrsr. 1. Pension for new disability il alleged after
| June 80, 1880 would draw pension from date when
/ claim for new disability was fled 2 GeueraIIv
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